arXiv:2606.05188cs.CYcs.AI2026-06中稿 · the AGILE 2026被引 1

评估AI生成图像的地理多样性,发现旧模型反而更丰富,提示存在刻板印象风险。

Assessing the Geographic Diversity of AI's Platial Representations in Image Generation

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  • 借鉴生态多样性指标,引入相似性加权衡量地理多样性
  • 旧模型生成图像虽质量低但地理多样性更高,提示模型迭代未必提升多样性
  • 模型普遍存在刻板化特征,易强化对地方的片面认知,适合关注AI伦理与地理偏见的研究者

AI多样性不仅是伦理问题,从地理信息科学视角看,可视为不确定性与认知偏差的体现。近期研究已尝试用信息论方法评估聊天机器人在地理语境下的输出多样性。随着日常接触的AI系统日益多模态,我们需拓展对跨模态地理多样性的考察。本文聚焦图像生成,以GPT和DALL-E为典型模型,揭示其地理多样性评估涉及提示修正与图像生成等多个阶段。受生态学中物种多样性度量启发,引入相似性加权机制以改进测量。通过案例研究,发现若干反直觉结果:较旧模型虽生成图像质量较低,却表现出更高地理多样性;提示修正带来的多样性高于图像生成本身。同时观察到模型间存在显著同质性,均反复呈现特定原型地理特征,构成对地方的刻板再现风险。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

(Gen)AI diversity is not merely an ethical issue. From the perspective of geographic information science (GIScience), it could be interpreted as a function of uncertainty and as a form of cognitive bias, embedded in AI outputs. Recent work has sought to develop information-theoretic diversity measures and apply them to evaluate AI-chatbot outputs in a geographic context. As the AI ecosystem to which we are exposed on a daily basis becomes rapidly multimodal, we believe it is important to examine geographic diversity across various modalities. Focusing on images, this paper aims to fill this research gap. First, we select the GPT and DALL-E models as state-of-the-art examples and point out how assessing their geographic diversity involves various stages, including prompt revision and image generation. Then, taking inspiration from species diversity measures in ecological research, we incorporate similarity weighting into the measurement of geographic diversity. Next, we demonstrate how to evaluate geographic diversity in image generation through a case study. Our analysis reveals several counterintuitive findings. For instance, older models can exhibit greater geographic diversity despite producing lower-quality images, and prompt revision yields greater geographic diversity than image generation. At the same time, we observe explicit model homogeneity underlying the lack of geographic diversity, as the selected models consistently depict the same prototypical geo-specific feature or similar features. This is concerning, as it risks producing stereotypical representations of places.

AI地理多样性评估图像生成刻板印象

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